{"id":1223,"date":"2026-10-29T06:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:33","slug":"attack-in-combos-first-speed-up-sets-up-the-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1223","title":{"rendered":"Attack in Combos: First Speed-Up Sets Up the Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Stop Trying to Hit Winners! Use This Pickleball Attack Hack\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fv-NdX7Cq9M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Roscoe Bellamy\u2019s attacking lesson: stop trying to win with one heroic speed-up. Pros play attack combos \u2014 use the first ball to create a predictable reply, then be ready to finish.<\/p>\n<p>Works off the bounce or out of the air, but only after you pick the right ball from the right position. Look for the cues that make a speed-up high-percentage, then plan the second ball instead of celebrating the first. The best attackers are already moving for the reply.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Attack in 2+ ball combos, not one-and-done speed-ups<\/li>\n<li>First ball creates a predictable response \u2014 anticipate the finish<\/li>\n<li>Only speed up the right ball from the right spot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kitchen feeds: speed-up \u2192 immediately load for the most likely reply<\/li>\n<li>Review one match: mark every attack that died because you weren\u2019t ready for ball two<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tdd-newsletter\">\n<p><strong>Get the 5 best pickleball tips every week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com\/v3\/loader.js\" data-beehiiv-form=\"0e5f3fe0-e4d3-4036-8d7f-c33b311980b2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe free<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roscoe Bellamy\u2019s attacking lesson: stop trying to win with one heroic speed-up. Pros play attack combos \u2014 use the first ball to create a predictable reply, then be ready to finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[373,598,21,3,200],"tags":[477,1285,10,225],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-counters","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-anticipation","tag-attacking-combos","tag-roscoe-bellamy","tag-speed-ups"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/05-rec-doubles-outdoor-court-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}